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ERIC Number: EJ532578
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0388-0001
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At the Intersection Between Grammar and Pragmatics: A Contrastive Study of Personal Pronouns and Other Forms of Address in Dutch and Italian.
Nickerson, C.; Bargiela-Chiappini, F.
Language Sciences, v18 n3-4 p743-64 Jan-Apr 1996
Focuses on personal pronouns in business discourse, using data from four business meetings: formal and informal, in Dutch and in Italian. The article focuses on the pronouns "I" and "we," commenting on the frequency of Dutch inclusive "we," absent from the Italian data. The article also discusses indexical and nonindexical uses of first-person pronouns. (13 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Business Communication, Context Effect, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Italian, Language Usage, Meetings, Pragmatics, Pronouns, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy; Netherlands
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